Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania, acquired by Proba-V on 31 January 2014.
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Astronaut exams
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst (left) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman look on as their Expedition 40…
Space brings fresh water to Morocco
Recycling waste water and urine into drinking water is not only for astronauts – the same…
Milky Way’s magnetic fingerprint
The magnetic field of our Milky Way Galaxy as seen by ESA’s Planck satellite. This image…
Saturn’s rainbow rings
This colourful cosmic rainbow portrays a section of Saturn’s beautiful rings, four centuries after they were…
Ciudad Juarez and El Paso
The Mexican-American border separates the cities of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico with El Paso in Texas, USA.…
Rosetta truck hits the road
In May, as ESA’s comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft begins a series of manoeuvres to bring it closer…
Cosmic lens MACS J1720+35 helps Hubble to find a distant supernova
The heart of a vast cluster of galaxies called MACSJ1720+35 is shown in this image, taken…
Richat structure, Mauritania
A giant, geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania is pictured in this satellite image.…
Earth from Space: Desert bullseye
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Discover a giant…